April 4, 2008  

Pellissippi State honor society chapter claims 18 awards at conference

Pellissippi State Technical Community College’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, an international honor society for two-year colleges, has received a record number of awards at PTK’s Tennessee regional conference.

Phi Theta Kappa is the largest honor society in American higher education, with more than two million members and 1,200 chapters located in all 50 of the states as well as the U.S. territories, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Germany, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, United Arab Emirates and Palau.

Students must have a 3.5 grade point average to qualify for membership.

The Pellissippi State chapter, Alpha Theta Xi, received international and regional awards and was officially named a 5-Star Chapter, the highest level a chapter can reach.

International awards earned: Pellissippi State president Allen Edwards received the Presidential Award of Distinction, and students Tonia Abdul-Ahab and Monsour Fall took away the Tennessee Academic Team honor.

Winners of the regional Visual Competition Awards are Paul Honebrink, first place; Robin Bray, second place; and Reggie Mackay and Jan Meccia, both of whom earned certificates of participation.

Luke Koch took second place and Paul Honebrink took third in the regional Literary Competition Awards. Tiffany Tweed and Morgan Wallace received first place in the regional Yearbook category.

Other regional award recipients are Tiffany Tweed, the Out of the Box Award, for the chapter’s sponsorship of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University vigil last spring; Jonathan Weaver, the Icarus Award (for a lofty goal that failed), for the chapter’s Relay for Life memory tree; Hope Lamberson-Foulds, fifth place, Scholarship Hallmark Award; and Kellie Keyes, third place, Leadership Hallmark Award.

Reggie Mackay earned first place in the Distinguished Chapter President category. Sean Finch placed fifth in the Distinguished Chapter Officer category, and Paul Honebrink took home third place as a Distinguished Chapter Member.

Carol O’Farrell, an English professor at Pellissippi State, was presented third place in the Paragon Advisor Award category. The chapter also received the Chapter of Light Awards for participating in at least three regional service projects.

For more information, contact Carol O’Farrell at (865) 694-6443.

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